Jolyon Hallows - The Collapse
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- Название:The Collapse
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- Издательство:WCS Publishing
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- Год:2020
- Город:Burnaby
- ISBN:978-0-9950259-4-3
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Today, extremists and radicals attack industry. Indifferent judges cave in to Indigenous demands to block development over vast tracts of land. Craven politicians fawn over industry while inflicting regulations to stop it. Pipelines, logging, mining, manufacturing, even agriculture grind to a halt. Violent demonstrations are met with ruthless force. Todd Baxter resolves to stop the decay.
But twenty years on, most cities and towns are abandoned and crumbling as the war against industry and development succeeded. Citizens of a once thriving Canada endure subsistence living and fear a brutal paramilitary force that tortures and kills dissidents. Darius, a child at the start of The Collapse, joins a growing resistance movement of members who are willing to fight—and die—for their freedom. Will Todd and Darius triumph? Will Canada rise again?
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“I wish he could have seen this day.”
“We all do. But it was inevitable he’d be found out.”
“Do we know who betrayed him?”
“No, and we probably never will.”
“Too bad. No chance for retribution.”
“No, but I think we’d all rather focus on the possibilities of the future than the horrors of the past.”
Darius took a deep breath. “Me. Interim leader of a rejuvenated Canada. It’s scary. It’s one thing to prepare a transition plan, another to have to put it into action. So many things can go wrong.”
Candale grinned. “That’s why we chose you. It’s your plan. If it doesn’t work out, we know who to blame.”
Darius laughed. “Be careful. My years of studying parliamentary procedures have taught me how to duck and weave.”
“Now don’t start talking like a politician.”
“Ross, that’s not something you ever have to worry about. Ellen, when do we leave?”
“Tomorrow. The resistance in Ottawa has captured NPF headquarters and the Parliament Buildings and taken the leaders into custody. They’re sending a government plane. Tomorrow, we fly to Ottawa. The next day, we’ll make the announcement over the government news channel.”
“Then comes the hard part.”
“Then comes the hard part.”
Index of Events
Events Leading to the Collapse
| Event | Chapter(s) |
|---|---|
| Economy slows. Layoffs | 4, 6 |
| Coanth blockade of Central Railway | 4, 6, 8, 10 |
| Todd Baxter loses his job | 6 |
| Baxter gets job in systems maintenance | 8 |
| Supreme Court decision on Indigenous rights | 8 |
| Sabotage of Pacific West pipeline project | 8 |
| Vivace Petroleum withdrawal from Alberta | 10, 14, 16, 22 |
| First counter-protests | 12 |
| Sabotage of Arjen River pipeline | 12 |
| Sumac First Nation blockade of forest operations | 14 |
| Todd Baxter recruited for NPF | 16, 18 |
| K’tach blockade of mine and counter-protest | 18 |
| Counter-protests turn violent | 20 |
| NPF names Baxter and friends as subversives | 22 |
| Mob attack on Vivace Petroleum | 22 |
| Declaration of the Insurrection Control Act | 26 |
| First confrontation with NPF | 28 |
| Insurrection Control Act may become permanent | 30 |
| Fuel shortages | 32 |
| Establishment of interrogation centres | 32 |
| The economy falters | 35 |
| Environmental plan for economic destruction | 37 |
Darius and the Resistance
| Event | Chapter(s) |
|---|---|
| Darius destroys Peak compound | 1, 3 |
| What the Collapse cost | 5 |
| Darius learns survival | 7 |
| Looting mob attacks | 7 |
| How the village developed | 9 |
| Darius joins the resistance | 11 |
| The Peaks destroy the villages | 13 |
| Darius starts the journey to the West Coast | 15 |
| Darius discovers a house in the wilderness | 17 |
| Darius rescues Ilona from the Peaks | 19 |
| Sign language and emerging love | 21 |
| Ilona’s life | 23 |
| Peaks discover the house | 25 |
| Arrive at the West Coast. Join the local resistance | 27 |
| Ilona gives birth | 29 |
| Why the Peaks are violent | 31 |
| Resistance destroys Peak train | 33 |
| Wishbone is established | 30, 34 |
| Two visions for Wishbone | 36 |
| The resistance plan | 38, 39, 40 |
Copyright
This is a work of fiction.
All names, places, characters, and incidents are entirely imaginary, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.
All rights reserved.
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form without written permission of the author.
The Collapse
Copyright © 2020 by Jolyon Hallows
Contact: jhallows@jhallows.com
Publisher’s address and contact information:
WCS Publishing
4210 Rumble Street
Burnaby, BC V5J 1Z8
Canada
604-683-0767
ISBN-13:
978-0-9950259-4-3 (Softcover book)
978-0-9950259-5-0 (Kindle format e-book)
978-0-9950259-6-7 (EPUB format e-book)
978-0-9950259-7-4 (PDF format e-book)
Editing by Joyce Gram
Cover design by Bespoke Book Covers
Promotion advice: Julie Ferguson
First edition October 2020
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